PA motivations for a career in secondary/tertiary care
| Answer theme | Illustrative quote |
|---|---|
| The maturity of support available to them | Good education and support. A trust that on a whole understands our strengths and limitations. |
| The variety of workload | Opportunity to learn more specialised healthcare practises, more diverse and complex patients, more emphasis on team work. |
| The possibility of rotating through specialties | Preceptorship, teaching, good training opportunities in rotation, a role that would benefit from PAs and really value them in the team. |
| Increased career opportunity | The variety and pace of working would have more opportunity to learn new things. In a secondary care setting I would probably have more opportunity to keep up to date with my knowledge and skills which would be helpful with recertification. |
| An ability to work in acute and urgent care | I also think it is important to have some hands on experience of emergency medicine and more complex cases, as would be found in these areas. |